Movement Monitor for Medical Patients

Abstract

A movement monitor includes a slipcover for enclosing a sensor pad and a flap pocket that extends from the slipcover. A compartment is formed in the flap pocket for securing a circuit board inside the flap pocket.

1 . A movement monitor comprising:
 a slipcover for enclosing a sensor pad;   a flap pocket that extends from the slipcover; and   a compartment formed in the flap pocket for securing a circuit board inside the flap pocket.   
     
     
         2 . The movement monitor of  claim 1  comprising a switch locator fastened to the pocket flap to provide a visual indication of a location of a switch on the circuit board inside the flap pocket. 
     
     
         3 . The movement monitor of  claim 2  comprising the switch locator having a color different from that of the pocket flap. 
     
     
         4 . The movement monitor of  claim 2  comprising the switch locator having a tactile feature to provide a tactile indication of a location of a switch inside the flap pocket. 
     
     
         5 . The movement monitor of  claim 1  comprising the sensor pad. 
     
     
         6 . The movement monitor of  claim 5  comprising electrical contacts in the sensor pad that make electrical contact when a weight is placed on the sensor pad. 
     
     
         7 . The movement monitor of  claim 6  comprising a vinyl sleeve that encloses the sensor pad. 
     
     
         8 . The movement monitor of  claim 5 , the sensor pad comprising a pair of parallel strips of an electrically conductive material separated at intervals by an insulating material so that the strips make electrical contact with each other when a weight rests on the sensor pad and break electrical contact with each other when the weight is not resting on the sensor pad. 
     
     
         9 . The movement monitor of  claim 8  comprising the parallel strips having a curved cross-section. 
     
     
         10 . The movement monitor of  claim 1  comprising a wire tunnel stitched in the flap pocket for connecting the circuit board to the sensor pad. 
     
     
         11 . The movement monitor of  claim 1  comprising stitching to form the compartment in the flap pocket. 
     
     
         12 . The movement monitor of  claim 1  comprising an opening in the slipcover facing the flap pocket for inserting the sensor pad into the slipcover. 
     
     
         13 . The movement monitor of  claim 12  comprising an opening in the flap pocket facing the opening in the slipcover for inserting the circuit board into the pocket flap.